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... and their son Thierry were waiting for us just outside, relieved that we had finally arrived after two days of delays. We talked and caught up on news as we walked to the car and they drove us the short way to the waterfront of Saint Denis where they had reserved a hotel room for us. It was about 23:30 by the time we checked in and said goodbye for the night. Although we mostly just sat in taxis, on planes and in lounges, it has still been quite a long and tiring ...

... very friendly and happy. The children were very inquisitive and continuously waved and smiled big broad happy grins except for 1 baby who screamed in terror at seeing probably his first white persons.

Women are the hard workers. Men seem to be sitting around not doing much. We saw women carrying enormously ...

... and many of the surrounding houses had gardens full of bright flowering plants. Check in at the hotel was a scream with the lady speaking no English at all and putting David on the phone to write down a phone number for an American client who also spoke no French who wanted to book a room. Our room was a pokey little room, painted pink and purple, which seemed to be tucked in a corner. Even though it was late in the afternoon we decided to go for a walk rather in ...

... this cauldron and up the other side then 5km further came to the third cauldron on which the current cone is on in the centre of. This volcano is not explosive and when it erupts it does not explode or throw up clouds of rock. Lava just comes to the surface and flows away. An eruption in 2007 flowed down the southern face to the sea and destroyed some homes and added 400 acres to the island but no one was injured. We retraced our steps to the plateau and had lunch in a little ...

... in a delightful bay called Manapany. Here there is a man-made deep pool with a gap on the sea side through which the waves surge at intervals. Nathalie and co are all in the water so we don't hesitate to join them (after rummaging around Sue's luggage for L&E as they hadn't come prepared!) The pool is over 2m deep but you have to be careful not to stand on the small white urchins on ...